Steam or other fluid pressure motor.



PATENTED. 00T. 29, 1906;

' W. V. TURNER.

. STEAM 0R OTHER FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR.

F.PLIOATION FILED JAN. 29, 1903.

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WALTER v. .TURNER, oEy ToPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOE To THE WESTING- 'HOUSE AIR BRAKE- COMPANY,

CORPORATIONVOF PENNSYLVANIA.v v

OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A

` STEAM OR OTHER.v FLUID PRESSURE MTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 23, 1906;

Application filed January 29, 1803. Serial No. 141.055;

To ali whom t may concern.: t

Be it known-that I, WALTER' V.l TURNER, a-

citizen of the United States, residing at Toeka, Shawnee county, State of Kansas, ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam or other Fluid Pressure Motors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Io steam or other fluid pressure actuated motors, and particularly in the valve mechanism-thereof, which improvements are especially applicable to motors for use in connection with air-compressors employed in fluidt I5 pressurerailway-brake mechanism, the special object of my invention. being to provide .an improved steam-actuated valve mechanism for a self-contained motor which will .be

' certain, quick, and positive in action, which will operate with'the minimum expenditure ofactuating liiuid for shifting the valve in `order to change the admission and exhaust functions of the cylinder-ports, and which, moreover, shall be simple in construction, pos- 2 5 sessing the smallest number of parts, arranged in the most compact manner and readily'accessible for repairs and durable in'use.

With these objects in view my inventionconsists in the novel constructionof steamor L30 other fluid pressure lactuated motor and in the details thereof, as .hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying .drawings and `more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figurel is a vertical section of a steam-pump motor or engine embodying 'my invention on the line 1 1, Fig. 2,

looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig'. 2 is a similar view on theline 2 2, Fig. 1.

40 Fig. 3 is atop plan view thereof. Fig. 4 1s. an

end view ofthe valve-chamber. Fig. 5 isa transverse section on the line 5 5 Fig. 1 and Fig.v 6 is' a detail in Section o n the line 6 6, Fig. 5. -K

Referring nowl to the drawings, in which the Same reference characters relate to the Same or correspondingV parts in `all the views, the cylinder 2, having therein a reciprocating piston 30, connected by a stem 31 to the pisi0l ton vof the air-compressor cylinder or other like device, (not shown,)lis providedwith a head which is chambered to form a valvechamber' 1,- Suchhead having cored passages.

for steam'- and exhaust ports, as hereinafter latter constitutingequalizing-chambers communic'atin'g with the central steam-space by restricted ports or passages 8, preferably lol cated in eachof the pistons. Movement of the equaliZing'-pistons, and hence the slide-- valve, is limited in one direction by contactl 'described This head is bolted in a suitable manner to thev cylinder and is closed bythe of the left-hand piston with a shoulderl 45 von the bushing., 38, with which the chamber is preferably lined, while in the other direction it is limited by contact of the right-hand piston with a similar shoulder and also by contact of the nuts 15 on the rod 6 or the end of the rod with a stud or post 14, projecting, from the inner side of the head or end plate 4.

wallof the cylinder, with a live-steam port 16, opening into the steam-space 35 ,A intermediate ofthe ends lof the valve-chamber and between the two equalizing-pistons,thus constantly supplying. the steam-chest with live steam or other'motive fluid as long as the same is supplied to the pipe 27 .v A'port 17 opening into the steam-chest 35, communicates, `through a cored passage39 in the cylinsaid passage terminating in a Vgroove orv recess 37 in the 4lower cylinder-head, whilev a port 18, opening into the said steam-chest 35,r communicates, through a cored passage 40 in.I the upper cylinder-head, withthe upper part 'of the cylinder, such passage terminating in-a recess 41 in said head. Located betweenl the'two ports 17 and 18 is an exhaust-port 19, always in register with the exhaust-cavity 36 of the slide-valve and forming the termination of a cored passage 42, yalways open-to the atmosphere through the exhaust-pipe 28.

An exhaust. or relief port 12 normally closed by a relief-valve. 10, seated against the The steam-pipe27 communicates, throughIv a suitable cored passage or conduit 29' in the seat 11, .connects-the ,left-hand equalizingd der-wall, withthe lower end of the cylinder',

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chamber 9 with the cylinder above the piston 30, a screw-plug 13 closing an opening in the Valve-chamber in alinement with said reliefvalve to permit ready insertion and removal of said valve into and from its place and for grinding in. The right -hand equalizingchamber is connected to the cylinder below the piston 30 by a port 43, communicating with a cored passage or conduit 23, which terminates in a relief-valve chamber 24 on the lower cylinder-head, communicating with the lower part of said cylinder through a relief-port 22, normally closed by a relief-valve 20, held against its seat 21 by a spring 25, confined between said valve and a cap 26, which closes the relief-valve chamber. Both relief-valves have their stems projecting into the cylinder a sufficient distance to be engaged by the piston 30 as it approaches either end of its stroke, whereby said valves are moved from their seats by the piston to permit of exhaust from either equaliZing-chamber 9 into and through the exhaust end of the main cylinder, as the case may be.

Forming part of the cylinder structure is a supporting-bracket structure 44, provided with suitable bolt-holes or other attaching means for securing the device in preferably a vertical position on the locomotive or other place, and the live-steam and exhaust conduits 29 and 42 are preferably formed in said structure and form Vcontinuations of corresponding conduits or passages in the cylinder-wall.

Withthe parts in the position shown in the drawings, where the piston is moving toward the upper end of the main cylinder, the throttle (not shown) being opened to supply steam through the pipe 27, the motive iiuid passes through the conduit 29 and enters the steam-chest 35 through the port 16, iilling the same, and passing through the equalizingpassages 8 in the pistons 5 i-t iills the valvechamber on both sides of the pistons 5 with the fluid at the maximum pressure, both relief-valves 10 and 20 being closed. At the same time the. steam or motive iiuid passes through the port 17 into the conduit or passage 39 and through the latter into the lower end of the cylinder, the piston being started upward when at the lower end of its stroke by the. steam filling the groove 37. Motive fluid exhausts from above the piston as the latter is forced upward through the passage 40, port 18, exhaust-cavity 36, port 19, and conduit 42 into the pipe 28. With this stroke of the piston air is compressed above the aircompressing piston in the air-cylinder, and on the downstroke of the motor-piston air is compressed on the lower side of the said aircompressing piston, as will be readily understood. As the piston 30 approaches the end of its upward stroke it will contact with and raise the relief-valve 10, thereby opening the left-hand equalizing-chamber 9 to the exhaust through the port 12, the upper part of the cylinder 2 above the piston 30, passage 40, port 18, cavity 36, port 19, passage 42, and pipe 28, by which exhaust of motive l'luid the left-h an d piston becomes unbalanced, the pressure on both sides of the right-hand piston remaining equalized, thus permitting the live-steam pressure on the right side oi' said left-hand piston to move the same, and hence the whole valve structure, to the left, thereby shifting the admission and exhaust ports ot the cylinder. The slide-valve 7 now opens the port 18 to the steam-space, connects the port 17 with the exhaust-port 19, so that steam passes through the portl 18 and passage 40 into the recess 41 in the upper head of the cylinder and forces the piston downward, the relief-valve 10 seating and closing the exhaust from the left-hand equalizing-chamber 9 as soon as the piston moves out of contact with its stem, and equalization on both sides of the piston 5 is again established. '.lho steam is exhausted from the lower end of the cylinder through the passage or conduit 39, the port 17, the cavity 36, port 19, passage 42, and pipe 28, such action continuing until the piston approaches the end of its downward stroke, where it contacts with the stem of the valve 20, moving it from its seat and opening the right-hand equalizing-chamber 9 to the exhaust through the passage or conduit 23, chamber 25, port 22, through the cylinder, passage 39, port 17, cavity 36, port 19, passage 42, and pipe 28, thus relieving pressure on the right side of the right piston 5, thereby unbalancing the sam e, pressure on the left-hand piston remaining equalized and permitting pressure on the left side of the said right-hand piston to force the same to the right, thus shifting the admission and exhaust ports of the cylinder and completing the cycle of operation.

It will be observed that the operation of my improved valve mechanism is simple and effective, and as the valve structure is balanced while the piston is making its stroke it remains in proper position while the piston is moving and until the piston approaches the end of its stroke, when the relief-valve at that end is positively moved by the piston, permitting an exhaust of pressure from its connected equaliZing-chamber, resulting in a reduction oi" pressure on one side of the piston, thus unbalancing the pressure suiliciently to permit the norm al pressure of steam on the other side of that particular piston to shift the valve, and thus change the functions oi the cylinder-ports. This shifting of the valve is therefore accomplished with the least possible expenditure of motive iluid and the action is certain and e'liective.

It will also be observed that the parts of my improved steam-actuated motor are so compact that the structure is self-contained, occupying the least space and possessing the IOO ITO

greatest durability, While lthe parts are readily accessible for repairs.

It Will befunderstood that While my improved motor is mainly designed Joruse as a motor for driving an air-compressor, particularly in an air-brake system, and steam is the preferred motive iuid it is not limited to this particular use or motive fluid, and Where steam is used'in the specification and claims I mean to include any suitable motive fluid.

-I claim as my invention- A luid-pressure motor comprising an upright cylinder and piston, a valve-chamber having a valve-seat with admission andeX- haust ports for'said cylinder, a valve in said chamber for controlling said ports, a pres- WALTER v. TURNER.

Witnesses:

P. H. DONOVAN, CHAs. E. GAYER. 

